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FAMILY   LAW.

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This article is about the legal concept. For the television drama, see Family Law (TV series). For the 2006 film, see Family Law (film).

Family law
Family
Marriage and other equivalent or similar unions and status
Marriage Types of marriages Prenuptial agreement Cohabitation Civil union Domestic partnership
Validity of marriages
Void and Voidable marriages Annulment
Dissolution of marriages
Divorce Adultery Grounds for divorce Matrimonial Causes Act Legal separation Alimony Parenting plan Residence (UK (E.W. and NI)) Parental rights Custody Evaluator (U.S.) Parenting coordinator (U.S.)
Other issues
Paternity Legitimacy Child custody Legal guardian Adoption Child support Contact & Visitation CAFCASS (UK (E.W.)) Grandparent visitation U.N. Rights of the Child Children's rights Emancipation Foster care Ward Parental child abduction
Private international law
Private international law Divorce Marriage Hague Convention (adoption) International child abduction Hague Convention (child abduction)
The Family and the Criminal Code (or Criminal Law)
Paternity fraud Bigamy CPS (U.S.) Child abuse Domestic violence Incest Child-selling
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Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related matters and domestic relations, including:

• marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships;
• adoption and surrogacy
• child abuse and child abduction
• the termination of relationships and ancillary matters, including divorce, annulment, property settlements, alimony, child custody and visitation, child support and alimony awards.
• juvenile adjudication
• paternity testing and paternity fraud

This list is not exhaustive and varies depending on jurisdiction. In many jurisdictions in the United States, the family courts see the most crowded dockets. Litigants representative of all social and economic classes are parties within the system.
For the conflict of laws elements dealing with transnational and interstate issues, see marriage (conflict), divorce (conflict) and nullity (conflict).

See also

• Alimony
• California Child Actor's Bill, or the Coogan Law
• Merger doctrine (family law)
• Paternity fraud
• Supervised visitation

Specific jurisdictions

• Algerian Family Code
• Family Court of Australia
  • Australian family law
• Family Law Act (Alberta, Canada)
• Family law system in England and Wales
  • Children Act of 1989
• Malian Family Code
• Mudawana, the Moroccan Family Code
• The Philippines' Family Code of 1987
• Nashim, the order of the Mishnah outlining Jewish family law

Further reading

• Sorge, J. & Scurlock, J. (2014). Divorce Corp: The Divorce Industry Explosed, book and video.
• Testimony of Barbara DaFoe Whitehead, Ph.D, Co-Director, National Marriage Project Rutgers University, before US Senate Subcommitee
• Wallerstein, Judith, Ph.D., "The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce", an analysis of the long-term effect of divorce on children; NPR interview (2001)
• R. Partain, "Comparative Family Law, Korean Family Law, and the Missing Definitions of Family", (2012) HongIk University Journal of Law, Vol. 13, No. 2.
• Vaious works by Professor Carol Smart.
• Sir Morris Finer (1974). Report of the Committee on One-Parent Families: presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Social Services by command of Her Majesty July 1974. H.M.S.O.

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Categories:

• Divorce
• Family law
• Marriage